Alberta premier Danielle Smith took the opportunity to shoot a video on Parliament Hill when she was in town earlier this week, and it’s a doozy. It’s so bad. Some of it is outright revisionist history—Danielle Smith’s Nice History of Canada, where the Indigenous People and settlers got together to “tame an unforgiving frontier.” No, seriously. She actually said that. And there was so much nonsense about the energy industry and market. We know that the people she listens to engage in outright residential school denialism, but this is just galling.
And, this was the premise of the national energy program, full stop. pic.twitter.com/PA2AJDBRKg
— Andrew Leach (@andrew_leach) February 10, 2023
Ask yourself why Alberta is leading on development of ccus and blue hydrogen? It's because of the carbon price that the Premier is out there telling you does nothing. Take it away and even existing ccus projects shut down tomorrow.
— Andrew Leach (@andrew_leach) February 10, 2023
If there was a guarantee that the current carbon pricing schedule would remain, we'd have a clean energy revolution in Alberta. As it is, the Premier is talking out of both sides of her mouth, and for that reason she's going to have to open the provincial chequebook.
— Andrew Leach (@andrew_leach) February 10, 2023
Another thought on this: more LNG exports would raise the domestic price of energy. I'm not anti-trade, but any argument that Trudeau is making energy more expensive domestically by not opening us up more to trade, if you believe that he's doing so, is fundamentally flawed. pic.twitter.com/untzudSgTB
— Andrew Leach (@andrew_leach) February 10, 2023
Danielle Smith’s grasp of history reminds me of this particular gem: https://t.co/6l7I3UYgks
— Dale Smith (@journo_dale) February 10, 2023
Ukraine Dispatch, Day 353:
Kyiv and Kharkiv were among the cities hit by a renewed Russian attack on critical infrastructure, particularly on the country’s power supply. Zaporizhzhia has faced a relentless barrage, as have the front lines in the east, where they are continuing their concerted push toward Bakhmut. Meanwhile, here is a look at the “drone hunters” trying to bring down those Iranian-made drones as best they can.
Ukraine has launched a marathon of honesty, and I urge you to join.
The International Olympic Committee needs honesty. Honesty it has unfortunately lost.
While Russia kills and terrorizes, representatives of the terrorist state have no place at sports and Olympic competitions. pic.twitter.com/5d7QYz7kU4— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) February 10, 2023
Today, there is not a single livable area left in #Bakhmut. Shelling does not stop for a minute. People die there almost every day, and the number of graves in the local cemetery is growing rapidly. #RuWarCrimes_UW #ISAREdnannia
📷 @Liberov pic.twitter.com/YJqBjghU2A
— UkraineWorld (@ukraine_world) February 10, 2023
We’re working with international partners to detect, correct, and call out the Kremlin’s state-sponsored disinformation about Ukraine.
Read the latest information based on Canadian Forces Intelligence Command analysis. 1/6 pic.twitter.com/VQYVGBqXOY
— Canadian Armed Forces (@CanadianForces) February 10, 2023